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Danny Abdia scored 7 points in his first game in the NBA, Washington lost to Philadelphia
Quiet but encouraging premiere: The Israeli received extensive credit from the Wizards coach and started with a five in a 113: 107 loss, finishing 28 subdued minutes with two threes, 4 rebounds and the best plus / minus index in the team.
Westbrook excelled with a triple double, but Ambide (29 points, 15 in the final quarter) prevailed
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Thursday, 24 December 2020, 05:23
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Wizards coach Scott Brooks sums up Danny Abdia's pre-season (video editing: Tal Reznik)
Danny Abdia's official debut in the NBA can be summed up in three words: he seems to belong.
The Israeli rookie played tonight (Wednesday to Thursday) his first game of the regular season in the Washington uniform, which lost 113: 107 to Philadelphia but received quite a few reasons for optimism, also from its losses.
The 19-year-old Israeli received extensive credit from Washington coach Scott Brooks, and not just because of the injury that disables forward Roy Hachimura who could bite him in the minutes later in the season.
Abdia started with a five and got no less than 28 minutes, during which he seemed a bit restrained offensively, but showed sparks on both sides of the field.
His stat line totaled 7 points (2 of 2 from three, 1 of 2 from penalties), 4 rebounds, assists, steals, losses and the best plus / minus index among the Wizards players, with the team finishing his minutes on the field with a 14-point advantage. .
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Abdia's main contribution was on the defensive side (Photo: GettyImages)
Among other things, he also guarded Ben Simmons (Photo: GettyImages)
Abdia was barely involved in Washington's attacks in the opening - both because of the hesitation and because of the dominance of Bradley Bill and Russell Westbrook, who as usual did everything from everything.
Abdia scored his first three-pointer in the league late in the first quarter, added a nice assist to Bradley Bill in the second quarter, and saw the Latvian Davis Bartans lead the Wizards' run with three three-pointers in less than a minute and a half, en route to a point advantage at the break.
With the opening of the third quarter, Abdia looks more relaxed.
He sniped another three over Joel Ambide’s outstretched hands, showed his defensive diversity as he kept Ambide and Ben Simmons well on the other side, and impressed with some creative dedication that didn’t end in points just due to bad luck.
Together with Bradley Bill who warmed up the handle, he helped Washington open a double-digit lead that peaked at 13 points.
But that was the signal for Joel Ambed's awakening.
The Sixers' massive chin opened the final quarter excellently - when he looked his best again precisely when Ben Simmons was on the bench - took control of the game and slowly tilted the spoon in favor of the host.
His layup with one minute to go gave Philly a two-point lead, on the other side Bradley Bill missed, and Shake Milton scored twice from the line to increase the lead to four, and from there Washington never came back.
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Was unstoppable in the last quarter.
Ambide (Photo: Reuters)
Impressive premiere, until the last minutes.
Westbrook (Photo: AP)
Bill led the Wizards' scoring list with 31 (11 of 22 from the field) alongside 4 steals and also 6 turnovers, Russell Westbrook finished a debut with a typical triple-double (which he reached after just three quarters) of 21 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds And both Davis Bartans (14) and Thomas Bryant (10) reached double digits, but the Wizards lost due to the many losses (20) and due to defensive errors in the closing minutes, also of Westbrook.
The resurgent Philadelphia, which gave Doc Rivers a reason to smile in his first appearance as the team coach, was led by Ambide with 29 and 14 rebounds, with Furcan Corkmaz (19) and Ben Simmons (16, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks) assisting.
Washington and Abdia will be looking for their first win of the season in the next game against Orlando, on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
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